Need some filter press help badly :-(
I brought some syrup over to a buddy of mine today who offered to run it through his filter press. I brought my own bag of DE that I bought online from Amazon that is food grade. We filtered 10 gallons using his DE with no problems. Then I said let's use the stuff I brought so you don't have to use all of your supplies. The color was different it was slightly tan as opposed to his which was pure white. As soon as we started mixing it in the syrup we noticed that it wasn't dissolving into the syrup like his would. Then we tried to run it through the press and no luck at all, it clogged everything and just started making the pressure increase on his press. The syrup was only coming out of his overflow hose and would not go through the filter. Has anyone else ever had this happen? Is this batch of syrup ruined now? I am really upset because it was over 10 gallons of syrup that is now affected.
I headed home to try using my normal prefilters and synthetic wool to see if it would work. Reheated 5 gallons of it to 190 and tries to pour through my filters, all it seemed to do was sit there. The DE just clogged up 7 layers of filter and barely made it through them. The syrup that did make it through is all cloudy.
Has anyone done this? Is there anyway for me to fix this?
Picture attached if the DE I used.....rookie mistake when I saw "food grade" I just assumed it wouldn't be an issue.
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Originally Posted by Daryl
